Новости за 13.08.2019

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By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than two months before CBS Corp and Viacom Inc succeeded at a third attempt to recombine, controlling shareholder Shari Redstone had already decided the new company needed to get bigger. "We would want to look at something after that to ... develop more scale as we move forward,” Redstone said at The Information's Women in Tech, Media and Finance conference in June.

By Imani Moise (Reuters) - Many African Americans have difficulty accumulating savings in part because they lack access to mainstream financial services like banking, a new study on the contributing factors to the U.S. racial wealth gap by McKinsey & Co found on Tuesday. Many minorities in the United States depend on more expensive financial services like check-cashing counters since there are fewer banks in non-white neighbourhoods

By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) - Citgo Petroleum Corp has selected Carlos Jorda as its next chief executive, according to three people familiar with the matter, turning to a seasoned refinery expert and native Venezuelan to run a company facing legal attacks and working under U.S. sanctions against parent Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Citgo cut ties with PDVSA earlier this year after U.S.

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices on Tuesday jumped by the most so far this year after the United States said it would delay imposing a 10% tariff on certain Chinese products, easing concerns over a global trade war that has pummelled the market in recent months.

By David Shepardson and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed off his plan to impose 10% tariffs on remaining Chinese imports on Sept.

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Facebook confirmed that it had been transcribing users' audio and said it was no longer doing so, Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/2YN3VY6.

By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than two months before CBS Corp and Viacom Inc succeeded at a third attempt to recombine, controlling shareholder Shari Redstone had already decided the new company needed to get bigger. "We would want to look at something after that to ...

By Parisa Hafezi and Guy Faulconbridge DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - The British territory of Gibraltar will not yet release an Iranian oil tanker seized by Royal Marines in the Mediterranean despite an Iranian report that it could do so on Tuesday, an official Gibraltar source said. The commandeering of the Grace 1 on July 4 exacerbated frictions between Tehran and the West and led to retaliatory moves in Gulf waterways used to ship oil. Britain accused the vessel of violating European sanctions by taking oil to Syria... Читать дальше...

By Kenneth Li (Reuters) - CBS Corp and Viacom Inc have reached a deal to reunite media mogul Sumner Redstone's U.S. entertainment empire after 13 years apart. The new company will be named ViacomCBS Inc despite the fact that CBS shareholders will own 61% and Viacom shareholders will own 39%.

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Snap Inc said Tuesday it will launch a new version of its Spectacles sunglasses that will have the capability of capturing photos and videos and uploading them directly to its unit Snapchat. Snap has struggled to make money from its Spectacles business, and wrote down $40 million in unsold glasses in 2017.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From speeding up boarding at airports to boosting security at malls and concerts, facial recognition technology has become increasingly pervasive, raising concerns about privacy. Britain's data protection watchdog said this week it was looking into use of the technology after reports that a property developer had set up facial recognition cameras in London's central King's Cross area

Manipur Congress chief Gaikhangam Gangmei claimed on Tuesday that people in the North East states were apprehensive that the Centre might revoke special provisions granted to the states in the region and downgrade their status to Union territories, just as it did in Jammu and Kashmir

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By Stephen Nellis and David Lawder WASHINGTON and SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's AirPods, Apple Watch and HomePod, which have helped the company to offset waning sales of its bestselling iPhone this year, are not included in a temporary reprieve on tariffs by the Trump administration and will face a 10% levy on Sept 1. The administration said on Tuesday some major items, such as laptops and cellphones including Apple's MacBooks and iPhones, will not face tariffs until Dec

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For the first time, Delhi Police will be using cameras equipped with a facial recognition software to identify suspects around the Red Fort and the adjoining areas.

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. and European stocks jumped, the dollar strengthened and Treasury prices rose on Tuesday after the United States said it would delay tariffs on some Chinese products, easing concerns that a protracted trade war would harm global growth

By Sumita Layek and Arpan Varghese (Reuters) - Gold fell 2% on Tuesday, reversing course from earlier in the session when it scaled a six-year peak, after the United States said it would delay tariffs on some Chinese products and on news that both sides agreed to continue trade talks. Spot gold was down 0.7% at $1,501.36 per ounce at 12:29 p.m. EDT (1629 GMT), having earlier hit its highest level since April 2013 at $1,534.31

The 55-year-old Usha, who was the leading sprinter of her time in Asia, will be one of the six members of the AAA Athletes Commission, to be headed by 1992 Olympics gold medallist hammer thrower Andrey Abduvaliyev of Uzbekistan.

The Burdwan case is related to the large scale conspiracy by the JMB to radicalize, recruit and provide training in arms and explosives to its members in India.

India is set to celebrate its 73rd Independence Day on 15 August. A full dress rehearsal of Independence Day was held at the Red Fort in New Delhi amid tight security on Tuesday.

Frank Lampard confirmed that Brazilian winger Willian and German centre-back Antonio Rudiger will start on the bench in UEFA Super Cup as they continue to recover fitness following spells on the sidelines.

World Cup-winner Archer is set to make his Test debut at Lord's next week after being included in England's squad for the second match of the Ashes series.

Speaking about the communications blackout in Kashmir, a government official said, 'If the trade-off is between inconvenience and loss of life, what should we choose?'